ACLU Discriminates Against Plumbers in Lynwood Chicago Suburb
By Tim Grubbs
July 21, 2008
Lifestyle
Not to be confused with “Weird Al” Yankovic’s popular album, a new ordinance just passed in the Chicago suburb of Lynwood has made “sagging” a civil infraction to the tune of a $25 citation. According to an AP article, the city’s mayor says the “fashion” of wearing pants far below the waistline exposing an individual’s underpants is a deterrent to retail investment and economic development, but the ACLU says that the ordinance is only targeting young black men who walk around in public with their underwear exaggeratedly exposed.
As an ACLU spokesman, Edwin Yohnka, sterotypes an entire industry of professionals, “Let’s see if they start pulling over plumbers for their pants.”
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